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A natural right to die : twenty-three centuries of debate
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A natural right to die : twenty-three centuries of debate

Author: Raymond Whiting
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
Series: Contributions in legal studies, no. 101
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:

While other books deal with the contemporary issue of the "right to die," no attempt has been made to demonstrate substantially the historic nature of this question beyond the borders of the United States. Whiting demonstrates that the "right to die" controversy stretches back more than two thousand years, and he explains how current attitudes and practices in the U.S. have been influenced by the legal and cultural d Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Raymond Whiting
ISBN: 0313314748 9780313314742
OCLC Number: 45583514
Description: x, 222 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Contemporary attitudes about death -- A brief modern history and definition of terms -- Attitudes around the world -- Anatomy of a right -- Opposition to the "right to die" -- Roman natural law theory -- Natural law theory through the Middle Ages -- The development of natural rights theory -- The evolution of natural law theory and the "right to die" -- The American interpretation of natural law -- Natural law and the Post-Revolutionary era -- Natural law and the constitution: then and now -- The American interpretation of natural law as it pertains to the "right to die" -- Applications.
Series Title: Contributions in legal studies, no. 101
Responsibility: Raymond Whiting.

Abstract:

While other books deal with the contemporary issue of the "right to die," no attempt has been made to demonstrate substantially the historic nature of this question beyond the borders of the United States. Whiting demonstrates that the "right to die" controversy stretches back more than two thousand years, and he explains how current attitudes and practices in the U.S. have been influenced by the legal and cultural development of the ancient western world. This perspective allows the reader to understand not only the origins of the controversy, but also the different perspectives that each age has contributed to the ongoing debate.

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